Storage box

Abstract

A storage box structure for hanging on a waist belt, which includes an elongated box body having an inner plate and a partition plate attached to the inner plate. An opening is provided in the inner plate and a hook passes through the opening. The hook is connected to one end of a rope that passes through a hole in the bottom of the storage box and extends from the interior of the box body to the outside of the box body. The other end of the rope is secured to the bottom of the box body by a snap. The box body also has provided with an insulation slot formed on a back wall thereof that can receive the free end of the hook. Engagement and disengagement of the hook with the insertion slot can be controlled by and the rope. The storage box can be firmly attached to a waist belt without dropping and without taking off the waist belt. In addition, when in use on a waist belt, the storage box can freely move up and down for accommodating a user's movements without causing any discomfort to the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A storage box comprising a box body, an inner plate, a partition plate, a hook, and a pulling rope, the box body is an upright elongated container having an upper end with an openable cover, a back side with an opening adjacent the upper end, a lower end of the back side having an insertion slot, and the box body further has a bottom with an elongated opening, and a ball of a snap is arranged near the elongated opening, the inner plate is a U-shaped plate attached to an internal wall surface of the box body and is provided with a hole near the upper end at a position corresponding to the opening of the box body,   the partition plate is secured to the inner plate to form a compartment between the partition plate and the inner plate,   the hook has a bent end portion extending through both the opening of the box body and the hole of the inner plate and a straight flat portion exposed outside the box and extending into the insertion slot formed on the back of the box body, an aperture is arranged in the bent end portion through which a rope is attached to the hook, and   the rope has one end tied to the aperture of the hook and another end provided with a socket of a snap, the rope extending from an interior of the box body to the outside of the box body through the elongated opening on the bottom of the box body, and the rope is fixed in place by snapping the ball into the socket,   wherein engagement of the socket with the ball pulls the hook downward to urge the flat portion of the hook to fall into the insertion slot and disengagement of the socket from the ball allows the hook to escape from confinement of the insertion slot.   
     
     
       2. The storage box as claimed in claim 1, in which the insertion slot formed on the lower end of the back side of the box body is defined by a U-shaped plate stitched to the box body. 
     
     
       3. The storage box as claimed in claim 1, in which the partition plate has a raised middle section which in conjunction with the inner plate forms the compartment. 
     
     
       4. The storage box as claimed in claim 1, in which the hook has a straight flat portion, and the flat portion is longer than the bent end portion.